Diecast

15 mar. 2015

I know little about the Indian scale model scene... nothing, really. There seems to have been really little from them in terms of diecast in the past, and now all their productions appears to be made of plastic, which would put them beyond the realm of "collectibles" for most people.

But I love to see the wide variety of models made by companies like Centy, which I now decided to share. Centy makes lots of toycars from what is popular in India, so most of them have never been made in scale before.

As you have been seeing here, there are models that are totally Indian, while others could well be exported. The Suzuki Baleno could be very popular in Chile, for instance. The same goes for others like the Fiat Palio, Suzuki Swift, Mahindra Scorpio or the XUV.

Most (all?) have pullback engines. The cars seem to be around 1:36 escale, and I imagine trucks and other vehicles fit that size in their specific scales. Here is the Hindustan Ambassador in video, where it is also say they cost only R$100, some 2 USD!